Former monarch Gyanendra Shah, who was admitted to the Thapathali-based Norvic Hospital after he complained of chest pain on Wednesday, has been discharged on Friday.

Later, Shah underwent an angioplasty procedure at the hospital the same day to reopen his blocked blood vessels.

Shah has been living in a forest retreat in Nagarjun, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, after the abolition of monarchy in 2008.